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GLSA-200509-01 : MPlayer: Heap overflow in ad_pcm.c

high Nessus Plugin ID 19576

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-01 (MPlayer: Heap overflow in ad_pcm.c)

 Sven Tantau discovered a heap overflow in the code handling the strf chunk of PCM audio streams.
 Impact :

 An attacker could craft a malicious video or audio file which, when opened using MPlayer, would end up executing arbitrary code on the victim's computer with the permissions of the user running MPlayer.
 Workaround :

 You can mitigate the issue by adding 'ac=-pcm,' to your MPlayer configuration file (note that this will prevent you from playing uncompressed audio).

Solution

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre7-r1'

See Also

https://beastiebytes.com/public_files/mplayer/mplayer_20050824.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200509-01

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19576

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200509-01.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 9/6/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mplayer, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2718

GLSA: 200509-01